Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metre butterfly
# Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metre butterfly

The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 7 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:

| World record | Michael Phelps (USA) | 1:51.51 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Commonwealth record | Chad le Clos (RSA) | 1:52.96 | London, United Kingdom | 31 July 2012 |
| Games record | Chad le Clos (RSA) | 1:55.07 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 26 July 2014 |

The following records were established during the competition:

| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 April | Final | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 1:54.00 | GR |

## Results

### Heats

The heats were held at 10:31.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Mackenzie Darragh | Canada | 1:56.96 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | David Morgan | Australia | 1:57.42 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Duncan Scott | Scotland | 1:57.64 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 1:57.89 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Grant Irvine | Australia | 1:57.91 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 7 | Lewis Clareburt | New Zealand | 1:58.32 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Jacob Peters | England | 1:58.42 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | James Guy | England | 1:58.43 | Q, WD |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Sajan Prakash | India | 1:58.87 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Joe Litchfield | England | 1:59.69 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Bradlee Ashby | New Zealand | 2:00.30 | |
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Eben Vorster | South Africa | 2:00.72 | |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Cherantha de Silva | Sri Lanka | 2:08.71 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Matt Savitz | Gibraltar | 2:15.41 | |

### Final

The final was held at 19:37.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 6 | Chad Le Clos | South Africa | 1:54.00 | GR |
| | 5 | David Morgan | Australia | 1:56.36 | |
| | 3 | Duncan Scott | Scotland | 1:56.60 | |
| 4 | 2 | Grant Irvine | Australia | 1:56.91 | |
| 5 | 1 | Jacob Peters | England | 1:57.75 | |
| 6 | 4 | Mackenzie Darragh | Canada | 1:57.81 | |
| 7 | 7 | Lewis Clareburt | New Zealand | 1:58.51 | |
| 8 | 8 | Sajan Prakash | India | 1:59.05 | |
